--9/27/07: JB In Africa Day 2 (Kicked By A Giraffe And Bitten By A Lion)

Everyone woke up early this morning. Gavin was up around four, I was up around 6 and Randy was woken up at 8. The breakfast here is pretty cool, the day before you check off what you want on these lists and tell them what time you want to wake up and then eat, and everything is taken care of. You are woken up and then by the time you get downstairs they are walking out with your food. After breakfast we left for a Safari Park which was really cool. We pulled into the entrance and were cut off by a giraffe that was walking by in the road. We opened up the door to the van and it was popping its head inside just hangin out. We took a bunch of pictures with it and it was really chill and didn't care. I went to take a picture with it and it kicked me. Not hard just nudged me away haha. We walked around there for a while then took a drive through the fields were all the animals were. It was cool seeing all of them in the wild. When we were done with the safari drive we were planned to go play with a few lion cubs but it was too muddy to go in the big section so we had to go to these two other ones that were next to one of the buildings. They were like little puppies, we think they were just wanting to play but it was still scary when they would snap at you because it's, a lion. Before we left everyone went to buy a few items at the gift shop but after Randy bought his and I was next in line the facilities power went out so we left with nothing. On the way back to our guest house we stopped at a stand on the side of the road for some food and then one of the local tracks. Check out the pics from it, the first double is insane! Today was our first full day in Africa and it was a lot of fun. I can now say that I have been kicked by a giraffe and bitten by a lion and wont be telling a lie! Those aren't normally on a persons lists of things they have done so I'm kind of pumped on that haha. Here are a few pics from the day. - JB